Tweaking the Trailer: The Baby Edition

When Meric and I moved into the trailer we weren't thinking we would ever have kids. Of course now that we no longer live in a 3 bedroom house we were in need of a baby room. I love our trailer but I was having a little bit of trouble deciding how to best fit a newborn and all of the stuff that goes with it.


For our baby/Christmas gift the Smiths (our landlords) took me on a shopping spree at Baby's R Us. We picked out several cute outfits and she showed me some other essentials I might like to get for when the baby was born. Then we started looking at car seats, strollers and pack n plays. She told me that we were not leaving the store with out at least one of those items. After looking at several options we came across the most perfect pack n play. This pack n play has 3 sleep stages to it. There is a newborn napper that cradles the little one while they sleep and a changing table. Underneath those is stage 2 for sleeping when the baby gets too big for the napper. Then when the baby outgrows stage two everything can be removed from above and it turns into a regular pack n play. Also while you aren't using stage 3 there is removable storage shelves that be accessed from the side of the pack n play. A place for baby to sleep for a while and extra storage, I couldn't have found a better option for our living situation. It really was the perfect gift.

When I got it home and we set it up we discovered it fit perfectly where our old couch use to sit. Not only that but the storage unit we had gotten for all of the baby's clothes and other items fit nicely in the space as well. Now we have a baby room and I think it will do nicely for a couple of years.